Drones for GoodCiti Newsroom reported on 2 March 2021 that Zipline had begun delivering COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service area in Ghana. The first facility to receive vaccines was Asuofua Health Center, and the vaccines were flown from a Zipline distribution centre in the Ashanti region.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, reported that the first flight on 2 March carried 250 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, part of the COVAX rollout, from Mpanya to Asuofua Health Center, more than 70 km away, in 34 minutes. According to Gavi, by the end of that day Zipline had made 36 deliveries, facilitating 4,500 vaccinations.